Woods M, Wiesenfeld D, Probert T
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Aust Dent J. 1997 Feb;42(1):38-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1997.tb00094.x.
A combined surgical and orthodontic technique for management of transverse maxillary deficiencies in mature patients is described and discussed. Special references are made to the surgical release of several circummaxillary articulations to facilitate the use of a fixed expansion device, and to the authors' addition of an osteotomy below the nasal spine, to ensure that the nasal septum remains independent of the maxillary segments. Indications for the use of this surgically-assisted maxillary expansion technique, and its advantages when compared with segmented surgical expansion, are also presented.
本文描述并讨论了一种用于治疗成年患者上颌横向发育不足的联合手术与正畸技术。特别提及了对上颌周围多个关节进行手术松解，以利于使用固定扩弓装置，以及作者在鼻棘下方增加截骨术，以确保鼻中隔与上颌骨段保持独立。还介绍了这种手术辅助上颌扩弓技术的使用指征及其与分段手术扩弓相比的优势。
